Chapter 1
GAME OVER!
YOU DIED FROM VOLDEMORT'S KILLING CURSE.
What? I'm dead? 'GAME OVER'? My life was... Just a game?
OPTIONS:
- NEW GAME.
- PERMANENTLY END GAMER LIFE.
PLEASE CHOOSE AN OPTION.
Wait, so I don't have to stay dead? Obviously, I'm choosing that option! New game.
YOU HAVE SELECTED 'NEW GAME'.
YOU HAVE SEVERAL UNCLAIMED REWARDS AND SEVERAL UNAPPLIED PENALTIES.
CLAIM REWARDS AND APPLY PENALTIES?
Can I claim the rewards without the penalties?
NO.
Figures. That'd be too easy... Without knowing the penalties and rewards, how do I know if it's worth it? ... Ah, fuck it. Claim rewards and apply penalties.
YOUR REWARDS ARE:
- INFORMATION ON DUMBLEDORE'S PLANS.
- INFORMATION ON VOLDEMORT'S PLANS.
- HEAD OF THE NOBLE AND MOST ANCIENT HOUSE OF BLACK TITLE.
- THREE OPTIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING IN YOUR NEW LIFE.
- SEVERAL ABILITIES YOU CAN UNLOCK IN YOUR NEW LIFE.
YOUR PENALTIES ARE:
- YOU WILL BE SORTED INTO SLYTHERIN HOUSE.
- GENDER CHANGE OF YOURSELF AND VOLDEMORT (INCLUDING QUIRRELL).
- YOUR SCHOOL ENEMY HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM DRACO MALFOY TO RONALD WEASLEY.
- MOLLY, ARTHUR, BILL, CHARLIE, PERCY AND RON WEASLEY WILL ALL HATE YOU.
- YOUR NEW LIFE WILL START FROM DUDLEY'S 11TH BIRTHDAY WHEN YOU'RE LOCKED IN YOUR CUPBOARD.
For fuck's sake! Gender change? I'll be a girl? Voldemort too? I can't be friends with Ron? Mrs and Mr Weasley will hate me? I have to start from after the Zoo incident, so I'd already have been living with the Dursleys for almost 10 years. I can't believe I hate to be a Slytherin after begging not to be seven years ago. However, the abilities, the information and the things I can choose can help a lot depending on what I get. Information on Voldemort and Dumbledore.
VOLDEMORT GREW UP BEING BULLIED IN AN ORPHANGE FOR BEING MAGICAL AND A TOMBOY. DURING HER CHILDHOOD, MANY CALLED HER TOM BECAUSE OF HER TOMBOY LOOKS. AS SHE GOT OLDER, SHE OWNED THIS NAME, THOUGH IT STILL ANNOYED AND HURT HER. HER FULL NAME IS THEODORA MARVOLO RIDDLE. DUMBLEDORE VISITED HER TO GIVE HER HER LETTER TO HOGWARTS AND WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER TREATMENT OF OTHERS. ONCE SHE MADE IT TO HOGWARTS, HE TREATED HER COLDLY, CAUSING HER TO RESENT HIM. SHE HATED THE WAY MUGGLES HAD TREATED HER AND AFTER FINDING OUT ABOUT HER PARENTS, ESPECIALLY HER FATHER, SHE CAME TO RESENT MUGGLES AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE VOLDEMORT OF THIS NEW WORLD IS LESS UNSTABLE THAN THE VOLDEMORT OF YOUR WORLD. HOWEVER, SHE IS STILL AS BIG A THREAT AS YOUR VOLDEMORT. DUMBLEDORE PLANNED IT ALL. HE KNEW SEVERUS SNAPE WAS LISTENING AND HAD PROMISED SYBIL TRELAWNEY THE POSITION OF DIVINATION PROFESSOR IF SHE READ OUT THE PROPHECY HE'D WRITTEN DOWN. THIS FORCED VOLDEMORT INTO ACTION, GOING AFTER YOU INSTEAD OF NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM BECAUSE YOU WERE A HALF-BLOOD LIKE HIM. THOUGH, IN YOUR NEW WORLD, THE PROPHECY STATES YOU AS A GIRL, ENSURING YOU ARE THE ONLY CHOICE.
What? Dumbledore wouldn't... Snape's memories said he raised me like a pig for slaughter because of the Horcrux inside me but he wasn't the reason the Horcrux existed in the first place.
YES, HE WAS. THAT WASN'T THE ONLY TIME YOU AND VOLDEMORT WERE MANIPULATED BY DUMBLEDORE. HE FORCED YOUR FIRST-YEAR CONFRONTATION. HE PUT WARDS ON THE DOOR TO ENSURE ONLY STAFF AND THOSE WITH YOU COULD GET PAST THE DOOR. WHY DO YOU THINK NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THE THREE-HEADED DOG DESPITE THE SCHOOL BEING FULL OF TEENAGERS AND GRYFFINDORS? THE WEASLEY TWINS THEMSELVES DIDN'T KNOW. DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY DIDN'T TRY TO GET IN?
Oh, shit. Damn it!
HE INTENTIONALLY MADE THE OBSTACLES DIFFICULT FOR FIRST-YEARS AND ENSURED THEY TOOK TIME BUT HE MADE SURE THEY WEREN'T IMPOSSIBLE. MOST WOULD BE BEATEN BY HERMIONE SINCE SHE SPENT MOST OF HER TIME IN THE LIBRARY AND THEY WERE ALL FIRST-YEAR MATERIAL, OTHER THAN SNAPE'S BUT IT BEING A LOGIC PUZZLE MEANT HERMIONE WOULD STILL GET IT. YOU'D ALREADY DEFEATED A TROLL ON HALLOWEEN AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN DEFEATED BEFOREHAND BY VOLDEMORT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE TROLL THAT THE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WERE PUT IN. BEFORE THEN, IT WAS ONLY FLUFFY AND THE WARDS. RON WAS WELL KNOWN FOR CHESS AND YOU WERE WELL KNOWN FOR FLYING SINCE YOU WERE THE YOUNGEST QUIDDITCH PLAYER IN A CENTURY.
What else?
YOU'LL HAVE TO UNLOCK MORE INFORMATION DURING YOUR NEW LIFE THROUGH QUESTS.
Aw. Ok. What are the abilities I can unlock?
METAMORPHMAGUS, OCCLUMENCY AND LEGILIMENCY.
What can I use my options for?
CHANGES TO THE WORLD AS LONG AS THEY DON'T AFFECT YOUR PENALTIES OR THE OVERALL TIMELINE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN'T JUST CHOOSE TO KILL VOLDEMORT THE FIRST TIME SHE ATTACKED YOU OR BRING YOUR PARENTS BACK TO LIFE.
Okay. Well, the best thing to prepare me would be to give me as much influence as possible. How can my options do that?
THE FIVE BIGGEST WAYS FOR POWER IN WIZARDING BRITAIN ARE THE WIZENGAMOT, TITLES, REPUTATION, ABILITES AND LARGE MAGICAL CAPABILITES.
Okay. How can someone get Wizengamot Seats?
THERE ARE 50 WIZENGAMOT SEATS. 28 BELONG TO THE SACRED 28. EACH HEAD OF HOUSE HAS A SEAT. SOME HOUSES ARE EXTINCT, SO THE SEATS ARE INACTIVE. SEVEN BELONG TO THE HEADS OF THE MAIN MINISTRY DEPARTMENTS. THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES (DOM), THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF MAGICAL CREATURES (DRCMC), THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (DMLE), THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL GAMES AND SPORTS (DOMGAS), THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL TRANSPORTATION (DMT), THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MAGICAL COOPERATION (DIMC) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL ACCIDENTS AND CATASTROPHES (DMAC). THE MINISTER OF MAGIC, THE SENIOR UNDERSECRETARY TO THE MINISTER AND THE CHIEF WARLOCK OF THE WIZENGAMOT HAVE A SEAT EACH. THE PEVERELLS HAVE TWO SEATS, THE HEAD OF THE MOST NOBLE, MOST ANCIENT AND MOST REVERENT HOUSES OF HUFFLEPUFF, RAVENCLAW, GRYFFINDOR AND SLYTHERIN HAVE A SEAT EACH AND THE HEIR OF MERLIN, HEIR OF MORGANA AND PENDRAGON HEIR ALL HAVE TWO SEATS EACH.
Okay, so the Ministry ones are out and so is the Chief Warlock one. That leaves 40. How many Sacred 28 are extinct?
FAWLEY, PREWETT, SELWYN AND SHAFIQ. ROSIER IS BELIEVED TO BELONG TO THE BLACK SISTERS BUT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO ANOTHER. FINDING OUT WHO WILL BE ONE OF YOUR FIRST TASKS IN YOUR NEW WORLD. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF DUMBLEDORE'S MANIPULATIONS.
Okay... How can I best use this to my advantage? What was it Hermione said before about me defeating Voldemort during our first year? ... Oh, right! Right of Conquest! In this world, did I get stuff from Voldemort because of the Right of Conquest?
YES. YOU GOT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING HER TITLES.
I want my first option to be that I'm the direct descendant of Merlin and Morgana and when the Sacred 28 was formed, the Heads of Houses performed a Magical Contract stating their fealty to House Pendragon and if they ever went extinct, House Pendragon's Heir would inherit anything and everything, including their titles.
VERY SMART OF YOU, GIVEN THAT AFTER ARTHUR DIED WITH NO CHILDREN, HOUSE PENDRAGON FELL TO MORGANA'S LINE. THIS GIVES YOU TITLES, REPUTATION AND SEATS ON THE WIZENGAMOT.
For my second option, I want to inherit the Family Abilites of every House I'm Head of when I become Head of a House, including if I gain the title of Head of House later on.
THESE ABILITIES WILL HAVE TO BE UNLOCKED BY THE SYSTEM, SO YOU MAY NOT GAIN OR BE ABLE TO USE THEM RIGHT AWAY BUT DONE.
Lastly, I want to have the best training schedule possible given to me by you so I can enhance my physical, mental and Magical capabilities as soon as possible.
DONE.
What do I call you?
I AM JUST THE GAME BUT IF YOU WANT TO NAME ME, YOU CAN.
Er, well... Would you prefer a girl's name or a boy's name or a gender-neutral name?
SINCE YOU WILL BE A GIRL IN THIS NEW WORLD, HOW ABOUT WE BOTH GET USED TO A NEW GIRL NAME?
How about Gem? G from game and the em comes from system?
I LIKE IT. ARE YOU READY TO ENTER YOUR NEW WORLD?
As much as I can be, yes. The world blurred and I looked around to see my cupboard just as I remember it. Many pop-ups appeared and I looked at the first pop-up.
NAME(S): VIOLET LILY POTTER (THE GIRL WHO LIVED, THE CHOSEN ONE).
AGE: 10 (17).
D.O.B.: 31/07/1980.
BLOOD STATUS: HALF-BLOOD.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: SINGLE.
BETROTHAL STATUS: UNDETERMINED.
COINS: N/A.
BLOCKS: MAGICAL CORE, PARSELTONGUE AND METAMORPHMAGUS.
STATS:
- HEALTH: 60/100.
- MAGIC: 10/100 (LEVEL 1).
- STAT POINTS: 0.
- CHARISMA: 10/100 (LEVEL 3).
- ENDURANCE: 20/100 (LEVEL 2) (X2 UNTIL LEVEL 3).
- INTELLIGENCE: 10/100 (LEVEL 3).
- SPEED: 10/100 (LEVEL 2).
- STRENGTH: 20/100 (LEVEL 1) (X2 UNTIL LEVEL 3).
Gem, what does the X2 mean? And why are my stats at different levels?
X2 MEANS EVERY STAT POINT YOU PUT ON IS MULTIPLIED BY TWO. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PUT ON 5 STAT POINTS, IT WILL GO UP BY 10 STAT POINTS. THIS IS DUE TO YOU HAVING ALREADY BEEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL IN YOUR LAST LIFE. SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH MOST OF YOUR HOGWARTS YEARS, THOUGH YOU DIDN'T GET THE BEST GRADES, YOUR INTELLIGENCE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS ALSO WHY YOUR SPEED AND ENDURANCE ARE UP. YOUR MAGIC, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE BLOCKS AND YOUR NEW MAGICAL CORE, IS NOT AFFECTED BY YOUR PAST LIFE... AND YES, DUMBLEDORE DID PUT BLOCKS ON YOUR MAGIC IN YOUR FIRST LIFE. THE SAME BLOCKS AS THIS LIFE OTHER THAN YOUR METAMORPHMAGUS BLOCK AS YOU WEREN'T A METAMORPHMAGUS IN YOUR PAST LIFE. YOUR LEVELS ARE FOR YOUR AGE GROUP. THEY CHANGE TO REFLECT YOUR AGE EVERY YEAR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. OTHER PEOPLE'S STATS WILL REFLECT THOSE THEIR AGE TOO, SO SOME MAY BE EXTREMELY HIGH, LIKE DUMBLEDORE, AND SOME MIGHT BE QUITE LOW, LIKE CRABBE AND GOYLE. THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET IS '100/100 (LEVEL 10)'.
Why does it have 'AGE: 10 (17)'?
BECAUSE YOU TURN 11 AT 03:42 AM AND IT'S CURRENTLY 00:06 AM. AND YOU WERE ALMOST 18 IN YOUR LAST LIFE. DUE TO THE THREE HOURS EXTRA FROM THE TIME TURNER IN YOUR THIRD YEAR, IT WILL BE (18) AT 00:42 AM ON OCTOBER 29TH.
And why does it say 'BETROTHAL STATUS: UNDETERMINED'?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANY BETROTHAL CONTRACTS DUE TO YOUR TITLE OF 'THE GIRL WHO LIVED'. YOU DID HAVE MANY AS 'THE BOY WHO LIVED' TOO BUT YOU NEVER WENT INTO ANY OF YOUR VAULTS APART FROM YOUR PERSONAL HEIR VAULT. DUMBLEDORE DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE KEY FOR THOSE VAULTS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE VAULTS THAT HE TOOK THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK FROM TO GIVE TO YOU FOR CHRISTMAS. JAMES DID NOT GIVE IT TO HIM. HE HAS FULL ACCESS TO YOUR VAULTS AS YOUR MAGICAL GUARDIAN AND HE HAS BEEN USING YOUR VAULTS FOR MONEY TO BRIBE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WIZENGAMOT AND LATER IN YOUR PAST LIFE FOR THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX.
That bastard robbed my money?
YES. HE CLAIMED THE MONEY WENT TO YOU TO THE GOBLINS AND SINCE HE WAS YOUR MAGICAL GUARDIAN, THEY COULDN'T STOP HIM AS THEY HAD NO PROOF IT WASN'T GOING TO YOU. THOUGH, THEY HAD THEIR SUSPICIONS, ESPECIALLY AFTER A WEEK BEFORE YOU TURNED 17, HE CLEANED OUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR VAULTS SO THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT IN THEM.
He took every Knut I had?
YES. AS FOR THE BETROTHAL CONTRACTS, I'M SURE YOU'LL GET EVEN MORE ONCE YOUR NEW TITLES COME OUT. THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW AND WHEN DO YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE THEM?
I'll figure that out later. I decided to leave the other pop-ups for the next day and I fell asleep hungry and thirsty.
...
Gem, what should I do now? I stared at the Hogwarts letter in my hands that I'd hidden in my cupboard earlier.